Route Description
The Toronto section runs from Queen Street East, joining with Eastern Avenue, just west of Woodbine Avenue (route to Lake Shore Boulevard) through Scarborough to Toronto's eastern city limits with Durham Region, where it continues as Durham Regional Highway 2.
A small portion of road parallel to Kingston Road is called Old Kingston Road running near the Highland Creek, east of Morningside Avenue. The road reverts to the original route at the junction with the former Highway 2A, (as well as Military Trail). Other old, parallel sections to Highway 2, also called Old Kingston Road, exist in Courtice, Ontario and Pickering Village, Ontario. There is also an old section of the old Danforth Road in Grafton, Ontario.
The initial sections in the Beaches area take the form of a historic urban arterial road with extensive storefronts and pedestrian traffic. The TTC's 502 Downtowner and 503 Kingston Road streetcars run along Kingston Road during the daytime on weekdays (evening, weekend and holiday service is provided by buses). The speed limit in that section is 50 km/h (30 mph). Also, TTC's 12 Kingston Road, 86 Scarborough, and 102 Markham Road run along Kingston Road, east of Victoria Park Avenue.
Until Highway 401 was constructed, Kingston Road was the principal route from Toronto to points east. Accordingly, it became the site of numerous inns and motels, many of which still dot the road, particularly in Scarborough.
Now some of these inns are being demolished to make way for townhouse developments. Kingston Road is a six-lane principal arterial road through most of Scarborough and Durham, with a 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph) speed limit for the most part.
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